Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

capitulation

n. 1. The act of surrendering or giving in. 2. Int'l law. An agreement to surrender a fortified place or a military or naval force. 0 A commander in control may generally make such an agreement for the place or force. 3. Hist. An agreement between a Christian state and a non-Christian one (such as the Ottoman Empire) giving subjects of the former certain privileges in the territory of the latter. - capitulate, vb. -capitulatory, adj.